#THEY MADE HIM A SILLY VILLAIN HALF THE TIME CUZ IF HE WAS DOING LEGIT THREATENING EVIL HOT GIRL SHIT LIKE THAT ID DIE

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ALSO NOT GONNA FUCKING LIE IN THE PPG MOVIE WHEN MOJO'S HOLDING THE PROFESSOR HOSTAGE AND ALMOST BREAKS HIS FUCKING NECK TO FORCE THE GIRLS TO BACK OFF..... AND HE LETS OUT THIS SLOW DEEP FUCKIN "That's better" LIKE. SIR???? CAN WE NOT DO THIS TO ME RIGHT NOW IM FUCKING

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I JUST FINISHED TOTTMNT AND I WANNA RANT ABOUT IT RN CUZ IT WAS REALLY GOOD

(Very long post under the cut)

So first off, the animation? S TIER. The fight scenes are so peak, OH my God I was having the time of my life watching them duke it out on the yacht, 10/10 fight choreography.

I think I liked the Pearl Heist arc of the show better out of the two arcs, but they both had their upsides. In the Mechazoid arc, I think giving the turtles their own solo missions initially was a smart move in order to flesh out their individual personalities after being a group the whole time in the movie. I loved this take on Bishop and hope she pops up again now that she's in cahoots with the EPF. She was a super interesting villain and had a great conflict with the turtys. Rod was okay, I'm low-key peeved that he didn't turn into Mutagen Man though. And RIP Metalhead, he was gone way too soon, fingers crossed he gets rebuilt in the second movie. The Purple Dragons were great too, and I'm not gonna lie, Hun and Angel really intrigued me. What's their deal? Are they siblings or friends or dating or what? And WHO IS CANE, WHY DOES SHE HAVE A HOCKEY STICK I HAVE TO KNOW

The Pearl Heist was such a fun and engaging story, and I'm stoked that they made whole new characters for it after cramming every existing character into the movie. The East River Three were pretty fun and legitimately had an interesting conflict regarding their mutation that was neat to see unfold. They had the turtles go off on solo missions again but this time with most of the mutanimals , which again was nice since they all got next to zero personalization in the movie. Aside from Mondo Gecko, Rocksteady, and Bebop, I think every mutant got a chance to do something. Sadly, I think Wingnut and Donnie's interactions were probably the least interesting to me, since most of the time they were just making pop culture/ fiction references that got a little old after a bit, and they didn't really have any lasting or interesting conflict with each other, which really sucked. Mikey and Genghis were pretty fun together and bounced off of each other well, and Scumbug/Ray Filet(?) being the only two who can't talk properly being paired with the very impatient Raph was low-key genius.

I also love how young the turtles feel in this version. Not to say that this is a first -they've felt like teenagers before, especially in 2012 and Rise- but I feel like the Tales turtles feel the most like kids I'd see at school. Immature, unserious, hormonal, impatient with life, and desperately wanting to be cool and edgy but just ending up like the silly dorks they are. It's so realistic and captures a different side of teenage behavior I feel like is brand new for the turtles, at least to me.

ESPECIALLY RAPH I LOVE MY BLUNT VIOLENT CHILD SO MUCH--

Yeahh Raph was predictably my favorite as he always is. He was almost like a younger, more immature version of 2012 Raph and I really enjoyed his snarky, "Im the best hehe" attitude. I also really liked how this version of him doesn't seem to have a conflict with Leo about being the leader, and instead just finds his attempts at heroism lame but still usually going along with his plans. It's admittedly a nice change of pace, although I'm still anticipating the classic "Leo vs Raph" argument/fight that every iteration has. (Also side note but I felt that scene where he started trashing the sewer house from pent up anger DEEP in my soul. I am him and he is me.)

Surprisingly, my second favorite ended up being Leo, which hasn't really happened before.

I was sort of neutral towards him at the start, since he didn't really seem to have that much going on in the character department besides the usual "I need to be a good leader" and "I can't do this without my brothers" struggle that every Leonardo faces (no shade)... But then we watched the second half with the Pearl arc and holy crap his episode with Pete was legit the funniest episode in the show to me. The exasperated, "exhausted mother with feral child" dynamic that he had with Pete was really funny, but then that ending had me and my sister in STITCHES. Like come ON, you can't tell me that Leo finding out Pete can talk isn't comedy gold. He's just such a cringefail nerd who desperately wants to be Batman and I hardcore kin him now.

I have a lot less to say about Donnie and Mikey. I thought they were pretty solid, and despite not liking him at first this version of Mikey actually grew on me quite a bit. The fact that he's a lot more mellow and down to earth compared to other versions didn't really bother me after a while, and I grew to enjoy his a little naive but earnest interactions with all the antagonists. Donnie is still the nerdy tech guy, and although he was probably the least entertaining to me, I still enjoyed him a lot and thought he had some funny moments. Plus, he created Metalhead, and that's always amazing.

The humor in general was kind of hit or miss, but when the jokes landed they were honestly really funny, and like I said the actual story lines and animation were excellent. Overall I'd give TOTTMNT a very firm 7.5/10.

Anyways... This was a very long post and my thumbs are tired from typing. This is very much just a stream of consciousness type post so sorry if it's hard to follow lol. I have more to say but tbh I forgot what that was so I might add to this later. So uhhhh bye